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Photographic apparatus

a technology of photoelectric equipment and color status, which is applied in the direction of picture signal generators, still video cameras, solid-state device signal generators, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to imagine the tone of the image and difficult to recognize the color status corresponding to the preset valu

Active Publication Date: 2010-11-16
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY
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"The present invention provides a photographic apparatus that allows easy visual recognition of the color status of the image-processing operation. This is achieved through a display unit that shows an image-processing setting picture with a hue indication and a saturation indication area that changes in size and shape according to the saturations of different color components. This makes it easy for users to understand the color status of the image-processing operation."

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However, it is not easy to recognize the color status corresponding to the preset values of saturation and hue, even if the image is displayed after the image-processing operation.
Furthermore, it is difficult to imagine the tone of the image corresponding to the setting status of the image-processing operation.

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[0027]The present invention is described below with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings. In this embodiment, the photographic apparatus 1 is a digital camera.

[0028]The imaging part of the photographic apparatus 1 comprises an operation unit 10, a controller 30, an EEPROM 40, a lens driving unit 45, an exposure controller 47, a lens 51, an imaging sensor 53 such as a CCD etc., an AFE (Analog Front End) 55, a DSP (an image signal-processing circuit) 60, a memory unit 70, an SDRAM (a buffer memory) 80, and a display unit 90 (see FIG. 1).

[0029]The operation unit 10 has a power supply lever 12, a release button 13, a function key 15, direction keys 16, and an OK button 17 (see FIGS. 1 to 3).

[0030]The display unit 90 has an optical finder 91, a first display 92a, and a second display 92b.

[0031]When the release button 13 is fully depressed, the photographic subject image is captured as an optical image through the lens 51 by the imaging sensor 53, as a photographic operation...

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Abstract

A photographic apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, an image-processing unit, and a display unit. The imaging sensor obtains image data. The image-processing unit performs an image-processing operation on the image data. The display unit displays an image-processing setting picture having a setting-status indication area that shows a setting status of the image-processing operation, and having a color status indication area that displays a diagrammatic representation of a color status in the image-processing operation corresponding to the setting status. The setting-status indication area shows hue in the image-processing operation, as the setting status. The color status indication area has a figure that shows saturations of a plurality of color components in the image-processing operation in order to display the diagrammatic representation of the color status. The figure is rotated according to said hue. A shape of the figure and a size of the figure change in accordance with the saturations.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a photographic apparatus and in particular to the indication of a setting status of the image-processing operation.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]A photographic apparatus in which the setting status of the image-processing operation can be adjusted is proposed.[0005]A photographic apparatus such as that of Japanese unexamined patent publication (KOKAI) No. 2004-282178, displays an image after the image-processing operation corresponding to the setting status (parameter) of the image-processing operation.[0006]Furthermore, a photographic apparatus is proposed that has a plurality of image tone modes, which are combinations of the setting status including preset values of saturation, hue, sharpness, contrast, etc., and which can be selected.[0007]However, it is not easy to recognize the color status corresponding to the preset values of saturation and hue, even if the image i...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/222
CPCH04N1/00413H04N1/00424H04N1/0044H04N1/00482H04N1/2112H04N1/6011H04N5/23293H04N9/045H04N2101/00H04N2201/0084H04N23/632H04N23/84H04N5/262H04N23/00
Inventor UEHARA, HIROYASUMATSUMOTO, KAZUHIRO
Owner RICOH IMAGING COMPANY
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